Author: BooMan

Your Stupid Press

This is not a piece from The Onion. It was produced by CNN.com. President Obama’s speech on the gulf oil disaster may have gone over the heads of many in his audience, according to an analysis of the 18-minute talk...

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Rough Day for McKay

BP President Lamar McKay had a fun time in front of Congress today. Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) today called for McKay to resign. But during today’s hearing before a subpanel of the House Energy and Commerce Committee,...

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Your Lousy Congress

Now everyone is a budget hawk. The American Workers, State, and Business Relief Act of 2010 just went down in the Senate by a 45-52 vote, with Democratic Sens. Bayh, Begich, Feingold, Kohl, Landrieu, Lieberman, McCaskill,...

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Toughen Up

One thing I’ve learned about the progressive movement (the white part of it, anyway) over the last three years is that it is very thin-skinned, tends to demand respect it hasn’t earned, and refuses to have realistic...

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